Detailed guide: Animal by-products: how to burn them at an incinerator site

How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.




Detailed guide: Controls of fish and shellfish diseases in England and Wales

Reduce the risk of disease, find out where notifiable diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales.




Detailed guide: Protecting plant health: topical issues

Current issues related to protecting plant health and trade of plants, fruit, vegetables or plant material including Xylella fastidiosa.




Press release: New legislation to prevent harmful rose virus

New legislation introduced to prevent harmful rose virus arriving in the UK




Corporate information: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra

We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.